Ultra training for beginners

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Fragile Do Not Bend Feb 2020 6:53pm, 27 Feb 2020 5,473 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend My husband knows if I buy any expensive kit as I end up fussing about the cost and he tells me to stop being an idiot and buy it.
mr d Feb 2020 6:53pm, 27 Feb 2020 3,567 posts	0 mr d Great tip Rosehip.
Northern Exile Feb 2020 9:59pm, 27 Feb 2020 6,001 posts	0 Northern Exile My wife is an expert at uncovering my financial expenditure on kit. It always ends v badly.
Jenni-far-far Feb 2020 8:50am, 28 Feb 2020 490 posts	0 Jenni-far-far Fragile - my hubby is the same, I begrudge spending any money but he's really not bothered! my ultra on sunday has a kit list - but its not the full one I've seen on others. I have bought a waterproof jacket (not taped seams though) and tested it out and it seems ok but it wasn't expensive so probably not totally waterproof. I do need to dig out a foil blanket as that is on the list
Ally-C Feb 2020 11:22am, 28 Feb 2020 915 posts	0 Ally-C I was a hill walker before a runner, my philosophy was buy the best gear you can afford, you might get wet or cold eventually, but the longer you aren’t the better.
Fragile Do Not Bend Feb 2020 11:34am, 28 Feb 2020 5,476 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend The weather gods have seen fit to give me appropriate weather for testing out my new jacket on my run later today.
Jenni-far-far Mar 2020 1:58pm, 2 Mar 2020 492 posts	0 Jenni-far-far well I did my ultra! thanks all for the advice. In the end I downloaded the OS app onto my phone and the GPX file onto that - it was excellent! It probably was a fairly straightforward route anyway but it gave me a great peace of mind to watch the little pointer float along the route line I ran with a running friend and she a was a perfect companion for me being a very positive lady and we both just wanted to get it done, we walked a fair amount - especially along the canal in the dark! but we had a good walking pace not sure if I will do more ultras - certainly nothing too long as its made me realise I just don't have the time to train as I would like, and also its a long time to be on your feet, staggering through mud is not really my cup of tea although I do like canals and trails
Derby Tup Mar 2020 2:21pm, 2 Mar 2020 38,394 posts	0 Derby Tup Good stuff - well done
Rosehip Mar 2020 2:36pm, 2 Mar 2020 15,203 posts	0 Rosehip Well done Jenni How do you feel today? Hannington Hike for me yesterday, ~28 miles of mud. Had always planned it as a jog-walk, but there was more walk than I would have liked and the mud made that walk slower than it should have been. Hopefully it was good time-on-feet practice and hasn't taken too much out so I can get on and keep training.
Fragile Do Not Bend Mar 2020 3:25pm, 2 Mar 2020 5,480 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Well done Jenni, I hope you are not too done in today I have my 20 mile race this coming weekend which is serving as a training run/kit check/practice on hills. I’m stressing most about the kit.